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4 November 2014
The estimated 35,000 workers receiving the Living Wage will get a boost next year when it increases by 20p/hour to £7.85/hour, it was announced today.
3 November 2014
The national minimum wage is to increase by 3% – 19p an hour – from October, the first time in six years the rise will be higher than inflation.
12 March 2014
More than 250,000 workers will get a pay rise, following increases to the UK and London living wages which have been announced today.
4 November 2013
The national minimum wage increases today, but workers will lose out in real terms as inflation outstrips the rises.
1 October 2013
The national minimum wage will increase for adults, young people and apprentices from 1 October this year , the Government announced today.
15 April 2013
Low-paid workers will suffer a wage cut in real terms despite an increase from today in the national minimum wage, according to union leaders.
1 October 2012
The adult rate of the minimum wage will rise later this year by 11p to £6.19 an hour, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced today.
19 March 2012
Almost 900,000 workers, mainly women, will get a pay rise when the minimum wage breaks through the £6-an-hour barrier for the first time this weekend, union leaders said today.
29 September 2011
The national minimum wage for those 21 and over will increase by 15p to £6.08 an hour in October.
7 April 2011
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